Yanks make first two roster moves of the spring

And the first two players making the trip from big league camp to the minor league camp across Dale Mabry Boulevard have been announced.

They are pitchers Jose Ramirez and Francisco Rondon, who will continue to prepare for the season at the minor league complex.

Neither were considered even outside candidates to make the big league roster this spring, and because they both battled injuries, neither really wound up getting a look.

If Ramirez can get past the oblique and back soreness that plagued him, he has a good shot at opening the season with the RailRiders, but he hasn’t pitched since the Yankees shut him down. Rondon is at least throwing, but he seems ticketed for Trenton again.

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